ECHR Communicates Questions to Armenian Government Regarding Health of Sasna Tsrer Member
- Because of the indifference of the authorities towards his poor state of health he has found himself twice in a critical condition where his life was in danger. More than once...
Farmers in Armenian Villages Struggle to Get Irrigation Water
According to the farmer, employees of the Vagharshapat water utility have even gone so far as to blame the villagers for their own misfortune, saying: “Who told you to...
Prosecution Demands 88-Year-Old Man Be Convicted of Attempted Murder, Despite Lacking Evidence
According to the case materials, Khachatryan poured zinc phosphide on the handle of the front left door of Ghazaryan’s car. “Zinc phosphide affects the respiratory tract, damages...
Deployment of Russian Military Police in Armenia Illegal
The agreement envisages different jurisdictions for the Russian Military Courts, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Federal Security Service, etc. There is not a single word in the agreement ...
Stepanakert Police Forcibly Detain Yerevan Girl; Tell Her to Look for Laws in Armenia
Local Ombudsman Ruben Melikyan, whom Asya turned to for help and protection, offered to “deal with the issue in a private manner” and urged the young girl not...
Stepanakert Police Forcibly Detain Yerevan Girl; Tell Her to Look for Laws in Armenia
Armenian citizen Asya Khachatryan moved at the beginning of 2018 to live and work in Stepanakert. Late in the evening of February 1, the young girl caught the eye of three police officers as she was walking around the Karabakh capital and ended up suffering both physical and psychological abuse at the hands of Stepanakert police over the following few days. During one of her many forcible detentions, Asya was slapped in the face, cursed at and threatened by various officers. Asya’s friend and roommate, meanwhile, was knocked out by a blow to the head she received from an officer. When Asya demanded that the police explain their inappropriate and violent behaviour, the officers told her that “a woman should not smoke, or dye her hair blue.” To Asya’s argument that the officers’ actions were illegal, the law enforcers replied: “Go look for laws in Armenia.” Local Ombudsman Ruben Melikyan, whom Asya turned to for help and protection, offered to “deal with the issue in a private manner” and urged the young girl not to file criminal or court appeals. He also advised Asya to refrain from turning to the media, since “you have to understand that the issue concerns Artsakh.” Melikyan further promised to speak with the police officers and explain that “this was no way to treat guests from Armenia” if the girl agreed to his conditions. The office of the Armenian Ombudsman, on the other hand, has yet to respond to Asya’s appeal. Upon returning to Yerevan, Asya filed a report with the General Prosecutor’s office; the following day, area police officers went to Asya’s apartment to inform the young girl – without serving her with a summons – that she had to appear at the 6th department of the Criminal Investigation Department of Armenia’s Police as soon as possible to meet with investigator David.
Man Whom Convicted Woman Allegedly Shared Marijuana With to Testify in Court
Anna Hovsepyan, a 25-year-old woman from the Achajur village in Armenia’s Tavush province who was last year sentenced to 3 years in prison for having allegedly shared...
Witnesses and Police Trying to Link Sari Tagh Protesters With Sasna Tsrer Armed Group, Lawyer Says
- One of the witnesses sat right in the courtroom for about 25 minutes before his own testimony. The judge, however, couldn't care less when we argued...
Mother of Murdered Gyumri Man Informs Armenian President She No Longer Wishes to Be Part of His ‘Criminal Party’
The on-duty guards tried to prevent the protesters from standing by the gates of the presidential residence, insisting that it was a specially protected area...
Young Protester’s Mother Forced By Police to File Missing Person Report
- They told my mom that the sixth division [of Armenia’s police] would come for me if she did not file a report. They scared and pressured her into writing it. They ...
Old Mining Practices of New Head of Constitutional Head
This company exploited the Tukhmanuk gold-polymetallic mine for over 10 years ago. Under the patronage of the above-mentioned person, part of the Aparan ...
‘Try to Picture 15 Men Sleeping and Co-Existing on a Few Square Meters’
Let’s just not forget that people are divided into two groups: those who are in captivity, and those who have managed to avoid it...